Summary
Shintaro Goto (後藤 慎太郎 Gotō Shintarō) is a former police officer who working as the leader of the Kougami Foundation's Ride Vendor 1st motorcycle brigade to keep the world safe from the Greeed and eventually becomes Eiji's friend. Shintaro first battled the Greeed after they were freed from their seal and he was the sole survivor of the group sent to find them. Shintaro begins to assist OOO as the Foundation's representative in his battle against the Greeed.
Later, he was granted the original Birth Buster and has been acting as Akira's supporter and partner in battle and eventually succeeds his mentor, becoming the second user of the Kamen Rider Birth (仮面ライダーバース Kamen Raidā Bāsu) system. By the time Date came back, they played major roles in defeating Gamel and fighting against Uva. At the end of the series, Goto returns to the police force.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B | 5-B, higher with Breast Cannon | At least 5-B | 2-C
Key: Shintaro Goto | Kamen Rider Birth | Birth-Day | Birth X
Name: Shintaro Goto, Kamen Rider Birth
Origin: Kamen Rider Birth
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Classification: Human, Kamen Rider, Leader of the Kougami Foundation's Ride Vendor 1st motorcycle brigade, Police Officer
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Vehicular Mastery and Weapon Mastery (As a former policeman and Motorcycle Brigade leader, Shintaro is an excellent motorcyclist and marksman, utilizing powerful weaponry such as firearms to destroy Yummy), Acrobatics, Transformation, Summoning (Can summon Candroids from his Rider Vendor. By inserting 1000 cell medals into The Birth Driver, he can summon CLAWS: Scorpions)
All previous abilities, Flight (With Cutter Wing), Energy Projection (The Breast Cannon is a powerful energy cannon that can be charged up to multiple levels of power by using additional Cell Medals and then release a powerful blast of energy), Fusionism (Combine the six Birth CLAWs units, they create the CLAWs Sasori, an autonomous scorpion-like assault droid. It can move freely across the water and burrow underground, even with a passenger such as OOO. It can also split apart into its components and reform to create the illusion of being destroyed. Offensively, the CLAWs Sasori is capable of extending both of its arms and its tail on tethers like the combined Crane and Drill Arms and can utilize a Cell Burst-like attack which fires an array of various colored lasers from the tip of its stinger), Explosion Manipulation (Like Kamen Rider OOO, can cause various enemy to exploded via Finishers), Statistics Amplification (The Birth System stores and amplifies surplus energy when Birth is in an emergency situation. Birth’s Protect Matter system enables Birth to double his defence whenever he uses a cell medal), Damage Reduction (The Birth Tech Guard has shock absorption), Information Analysis (The Hound’s Nose Gear can determine the presence of toxic gases and hallucinogenic components. The U Flasher is where various types of visual information are analyzed and integrated. The Master Server is an organization that reads thoughts and intentions from the wearer’s brain waves, analyzes data from enemies, processes information, monitors physical functions and provides combat support. The Multiband Echo can match voice print patterns), Enhanced Senses (The U Flasher is equipped with multiple visual sensor groups such as RGB Cameras, Infrared rays and Geomagnetic sensors. Birth’s Multiband Echo can hear ultrasonic waves up to 30,000 Hz.), Limited Durability Negation (Birth’s Drill Arm can break the bonds between Cell Medals), Surface Scaling with Caterpillar Legs, Summoning (Birth can summon his weapons by inserting cell medals into the Birth Driver), Purification (Type 1) and Resistance to Fragrance Manipulation (The Birth Intake filters and detoxifies most poisonous gases that exist in nature as well as toxins that are man made), Transmutation and Deconstruction (Tanked Gamel's attacks, who can turns humans and objects into a pile of Cell Medals with just a touch, without taking said effects)
All previous abilities, Statistics Amplification (Birth-Day’s power can be amplified if more Cell Medals are inserted into the Birth Driver)
All previous abilities enhanced
Attack Potency: Wall level (After going through the same training that Akira Date went through, he was strong enough to swing kick a Yummy high into the air and through a large pane of glass) | Planet level (Single-handedly combated three Greeeds, surpassing his predecessor, Akira Date, who wasn't capable of fighting against a single Greeed, though he isn't quite as powerful as OOO. The Birth System was built to assist Kamen Rider OOO), higher with Breast Cannon | At least Planet level (Stronger than before) | Low Multiverse level (Managed to fend off against Kamen Rider Goda alongside Birth for a decent amount of time, albeit still weaker)
Speed: Peak Human | FTL (Comparable to OOO as well as the Greeed he's fought. Fought Kamen Rider Poseidon) | FTL | Massively FTL+ (Kept up with Kamen Rider Goda, who was superior to King OOO)
Lifting Strength: Average Human | Class T (He should be as strong as MoS OOO) | At least Class T | At least Class T
Striking Strength: Wall level | Planet level, | At least Planet level | Low Multiverse level
Durability: Wall level | Planet level | At least Planet level | Low Multiverse level
Stamina: High
Range: Standard Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters via Birth weapons.
- Birth Driver: Transformation belt for Birth.
- Candroid: Birth can-like support robots which allowed him to detect Greeed presence.
- Cell Medal: Uses to transform or access weapons.
- Birth Buster: Birth's personal sidearm.
- Birth CLAWs: Birth's armor system.
- Ridevendor: Birth's Rider Machine.
- Kani Arm: Birth X's personal weapon.
Intelligence: Above Average (Shintaro shows an extreme proficiency in utilizing the Birth system, strategically using all CLAWs weapons and Birthday Mode. Disable the self-destruct function when Kiyoto Maki defected to the Greeed side).
Weaknesses: Summoning CLAWs Sasori requires 1,000 Cell Medals and unable to use any weapons during that time.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Cell Bash: Goto perform a powerful attack where the Breast Cannon fires a powerful energy blast without the expenditure of any Cell Medals in Birthday Mode
Note: All Shintaro Goto Henshin and Finishers
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Discussions
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